Dorsett Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jane Parker McManus
**********************************************
Copyright. All rights reserved.
http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm
**********************************************
Directions: Go South from Alexandria on US Hwy. 167/71 for approximately 16.0
miles to the area called Lamourie. The Dorsett cemetery is located behind the
first house on the left after crossing Bayou Beouf near the original locks. The
small fenced area is currently owned and maintained by the Louis Smith family
(1993), where permission must be obtained to enter the grounds.
It is possible the Dorsett family has no descendents in the area as the Smiths
stated that no one ever visits the little graveyard. All burials are in one
row, parallel with the highway. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded by Mary
Parker Partain, March 1993. Submitted 12 June 2000 by Jane P. McManus.
[Dorsett], Baby - [no information]
[Dorsett], Richard - [no information]
[Dorsett], Reeves - [no information]
[Dorsett], Hancock - [no information]
[Dorsett], Alexander - [no information]
Dorsett, Hattie, Daughter of Oran & A. P. Dorsett - 23 Sep 1879/8 Mar 1880
Dorsett, Oran Jeffries, Son of Oran & A. P. Dorsett - [broken & unreadable
dates]
Dorsett, Son of Oran & A. P. Dorsett - 16 Dec 1877/17 May 1878
Dorsett, Oran - 10 Mar 1808/2 Aug 1878 Father
[Dorsett], Birdie - [no information]
Dorsett, Oran - 2 Mar 1847/24 Mar 1913 [Masonic Emblem]
"This simple tablet marks our father's bier.
And those he loved in life, in death are near,
To him we trust, a place is given,
Among the saints with Christ in Heaven"
Dorsett, Alexina P. - 12 Mar 1850/16 Mar 1913 [Eastern Star Emblem]
"Alas! She has left us, her spirit has fled,
Her body now slumbers along with the dead,
Till wait to join the chorus of the just
So one brief line an answer sad implies
Honored, beloved and wept, here Mother lies"
[2 above-ground vaults, with marble slab on each one]
Dorsett Cemetery